UISwitch inside custom UITableViewCell not available

I have a `UISwitch` inside a custom `UITableViewCell` (the subclass of which I call `RootLabeledSwitchTableCell`). The cell contains a `UILabel` and `UISwitch` next to each other. I have a `@property` called `keychainSwitch` that points to the switch inside this custom cell: ``` @interface RootLabeledSwitchTableCell : UITableViewCell { IBOutlet UILabel *textLabel; IBOutlet UISwitch *labeledSwitch; } @property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UILabel *textLabel; @property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UISwitch *labeledSwitch; @end ``` In my table view delegate, I have added a selector that is called if the switch state is flipped: ``` - (UITableViewCell *) tableView:(UITableView *)tv cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { NSString *CellIdentifier = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%d:%d", [indexPath indexAtPosition:0], [indexPath indexAtPosition:1]]; UITableViewCell *cell = [tv dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier]; if (cell == nil) { switch (indexPath.section) { case(kMyFirstSection): { switch (indexPath.row) { case(kMyFirstSectionFirstRow) { [cellOwner loadMyNibFile:@"RootLabeledSwitchTableCell"]; cell = (RootLabeledSwitchTableCell *)cellOwner.cell; self.keychainSwitch = [(RootLabeledSwitchTableCell *)cell labeledSwitch]; [self.keychainSwitch addTarget:self action:@selector(keychainOptionSwitched) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged]; break; } // ... } } // ... } } ``` So this selector works correctly: ``` - (void) keychainOptionSwitched { NSLog(@"Switched keychain option from %d to %d", ![self.keychainSwitch isOn], [self.keychainSwitch isOn]); } ``` However, I cannot use the `UISwitch` instance's `-setOn:animated:` method to initialize its initial state: ``` - (void) updateInterfaceState { BOOL isFirstTimeRun = [[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:kIsFirstTimeRunKey] boolValue]; if (isFirstTimeRun) { [self.keychainSwitch setOn:NO animated:NO]; } } ``` From testing, `self.keychainSwitch` is `nil` which is causing `-setOn:animated` to do nothing, but I can still operate the switch and the `NSLog` statement will correctly print the switch state changes, e.g.: ``` [Session started at 2009-08-24 07:04:56 -0700.] 2009-08-24 07:04:58.489 MyApp[29868:20b] keychain switch is: nil 2009-08-24 07:05:00.641 MyApp[29868:20b] Switched keychain option from 1 to 0 2009-08-24 07:05:01.536 MyApp[29868:20b] Switched keychain option from 0 to 1 2009-08-24 07:05:02.928 MyApp[29868:20b] Switched keychain option from 1 to 0 ``` Is there something I am missing about setting `self.keychainSwitch` in the `UITableView` delegate method?